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VOIi. XCIII-tNO. 65. WTLMTNGrTOK, H. C.j i SATUBDA MOBNiyG, DECEMBER 6t 1913. WHOLE NTFMBEB 13,500, FINAL HEARING OF E Committee on Rules Will Decide Question IS . TAKEN Committee of Suffragettes Remain 'in Washington to Await the Recov ery of President Wilson Urge Legislation. - Washington, Dec. 5 . Hearings be fore the Housed Committee on Rules relating ta the .creation of a standing committee on equal suffrage closed late today. The last hours of the hear ing were occupied by champions of the suffrage movement.-4 Directed by Cath erine Waugh McCuilough,-' of Chicago, they answered those: who had argued against Federal recognition df the suf frage question The rules committee -will make Us report on the resolution creating , the equal - suffrage - committee within - a short time. It was said tonight that extension of authority to the present standing committee on election vof President and Vice -President to con sider women,'s enfranchisement, was being seriously considered. - Among prominent of the suffrage committee who appeared today was James S. Laidlawr of New York, presi dent of the Men's League for Woman Suffrage. He read a letter from Sen ator Works, of California, denying that he ever had said that woman suffrage' in California had been a failure. . It was declared - by ; anti-suffragists yes terday that Senator -Works had made such a statement. Senator Works Said tonight that he naa oiuy cmieisea- tne California- women for J'not. getting but their full voting strength, just as the men voters often fall-to do." Representative ; Mondell, of Wy oming, closed the : argument for the suffragists. -He said j. that .in all ', the years that women of ; his State have voted he never heard of a case ef do- mi5tf:trrriM aiiaftd b'v nolit.icaJ ' dif ferences between husband, and : wif e. "Yolk, faddressexfttfie mmlitee;;1roday, tor the anti-suffragists. -. r5- v- ,r-.,..-. attack- upon ; the President, for - failure to prejudge the suffrage question, -by giving it his. approval in his. message is another instance of the demand ,outj running its jurisdiction.: She . urged that the suffrage: question : should -be left to the Stages. In this she was supf ported by THr. and Mrs. Rossiter John son, also of New. Yorjc . ."-.:-:- n "In making an advance toward wo man suffrage, said Mrs. Johns6n,'thls. government would be playing into the hands of the" two forces of the Halted States that desire the republic's over throw. These forces are socialism and Mormonism. The latter intro duced woman suffrage into this coun try while Utah was a" territory and socialism is responsible for every: par ticle of wpman suffrage In this country or in any other." - ." Miss Alice Biackwell, of. Bpstdn, in speaking for the suffragists asserted the antis never had been able to show that more than one per cent, of the women of the country were opposed to Cn..oi onffrooro . while the anti-suff ra- gists, she said, were organized In .,17 States the suffragists, had organiza tions in 47. She insisted that suffrage would not lead to sex war and. sub mitted statistics: to show that the joar riage rate had increased in the ; last few years in suffrage States,.. - .. : , Adjournment Taken. , - . Storm clouds .that hovered low, tor a time today over the closing, session, of the 45th annual convention of, the National American Woman Suffrage Association, cleared away just before adjournment. , :.v;V: v"- liZZ. Trouble started when Miss... Alice Paul, chairman of the Congressional committee, presented her report,. It was charged on the floor that the com m ittee had Ignored instructions from the National Board by .refusing to Col lect its funds ' through the National Society's treasurer. - After much dis cussion, a resolution w was adopted di recting the committee, to act in future in accordance with the board s de sires, then Miss Paul's report was ap- rrAVspecial committee to discuss plans for holding together the organizations in the States which; already - have wo man suffrage so .as to have their help in the work for- a constitutional amendment was agreed upon.; t-3 A reception . to the suffragists was given tonight at the home of Mrs. Rob ert M. LaFollettej -'. t i,ia A prophecy that1 militant methods never would be employed by snffra-.. gists in this country "was made at to day's session: by Df. Anna .Howard Shaw, president of the association. Constitutional methods, she s: said,, would bring , about ; woman's, r- enfran chisement. -V '- ' 'iil A committee of the association win inov tr for " Wltn I Clll cl ill UBIO .iwajl, w ... . President Wilson when he will be urg ed to recommend action ax ima bom of Congress on , the woman Buff rage -question. :-:---'.v'.:v -:- PLANS FOR REUNION United Confederate Veterans to JTack sonville Next Year. Jacksonville, Fla., Dec . . April 29th and 30th and May 1st have been selected as dates fdr.the 1914 reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, to be held in. this city,, according to announcement here" today by General Bennett H. Young; commander-in-chief of the organization. . - - General Young was here to confer with local committees in charge of ar rangements for the reunion.. Present plans, which i were heartily endorsed by the eommanderiin-chief ' provide that all veterans be afforded accom modations in hotels; lodging "houses, and private residences,, .and that the customary tent : camping grounds be auuusaea. , ' SUFFRAGE CAMS REBELS mm 10 STOP FEDERALS To Keep Refugees From Am erican Side of Line. AT l'i Other Nations Would Like to Know When . Present Conditions in Mexico Are doing to Change. Have No Effect. - Juarez Dec, 5. instead of occu pying Chihuahua, the State capital. Gen, Francisco Villa witlu.his 7,000 rebels, who were encamped along the railroad north of the city, today re turned hurriedly to Villa Ahumada, the telegraph station, to dispatch more men in pursuit of the Federals retreat ing "toward Ojinaga,' on the border. 'A garrison of 500 rebels occupy the fort 'at. Ojinaga ahd Cen Villa said his soldiers would not permit the Federals to reach . the border ot-cross over into the: United States without a fight. . ..The Federalswill be in the majority unless , they . are overthrown by -the rebel "pursuers. With the 2,000 or more fugitive Federals are Gen. Zal-vadori-Mercado, the deposed military Governor, and commander. Numerous other generals-and officers and mem bers of wealthy Chihuahua families. Gen Villa expressed his intention to confiscate the money which the fugi tives were reported to have with drawn from the banks before the evacuation. He said he would pro tectt the non-combatants, . except such as were considered political offend ersi ' . - ' ,. ;" - - To .Watch Them; Cross. Crowds of persons-with automobiles camped . at Presidio, Texas, Opposite Ojinaga in anticipation that the refu gees,' including the Federals, would cross the. river. , ' . , Reports - reached Ojinaga that- the fugitives-had vbeen in ? great .distress since their route'was across a water less desert -plateay r swept , by cold winds v at r, night ana C Bandstorpas - by giuves nad turned to the west ana i wre approaching- Palomas in tne -or-dertoppojltte Columbus, N. M. With themrwere said to be Gens, ; Jose Yniz : Salazar.and. Pascuai Orozco. .. - Another reason why Villa ..returned to -VilUti Ahumada wasritb communi cate :wJth.5Ge3x Carranszaj headof the Constitutionalist party, who is in So nora - Pleased at his victories in the North and confident that-hf prOjtect6d inarch toward Mexico sCity will. be marked by desertions, from,the Federal .ranks or evacuations by the Federals, Gen. Vil-la-himself showed no haste to enter Chihuahua. Some of his troops, com manded by Gen. Chao, went into the city several days ago for police duty. Inquiries Are Made. Washington, Dec. 5. Guarded in quiries, are being made at the State Department by - representatives of some of the European governments as to the prospect for early termination of the present conditions in Mexico which are imposing grievous burdens upon foreign interests. - -There is no evidence that these in quiries have had any effect upon the development of the administration's policy; in.regardj.to Mexico. There Js probable 'early recognition; .of .the .fact,, that ne - Constitutionalists are .InV pos- .-i lo (Continued, cn. Page jsigh 10 GENERAL ! I - ; 'if. WfllBeCallat iTnltTime ;- f. ' in Indianapolis Four Noh-Unibn . Drivers Were Shot Yesterday. When a Crowd At- ,.? ' tacked a Transfer Wagon. Escape in Automobile. ; Indianapolis, Ind., Dec 5. There will be no general strike in Indian apolis "at this ; time, and " teamsters wb.ose : employers .have ' signed ; union contracts will return to work tomor row TThis course was decided .upon late ttfday at, a , meeUngr.oJL.theTeam sters',tfniori Cwhicn was' adtfreSseil by DanieL Jl. Tobin, International presi dent f the , k&i&nffiffji' ? "The talk about a general strike in Indianapolis at thisf time Js all- jiont. sensed' declared- President,, Tobin.. lt is better ito h'aveV?PO, teamsters wear ing "Union ."buttons j at . workr, than to. have twice, that number - idle. - Ifi ?we expect . fair ' treatment, we-j must, ."be fair, and urge you .to permit .the teamster s employed by team ; owners who have , signed, union contracts,-. to return to ;work." v t The r vote .for -the - proposition was unanimous, i At the office of the Team Owners' Association, it was said only about 200 -men -would be affected by the decision. : 1 Four non-union drivers were shot today, the fifth day of the strike. Ja coh vSbne'nfield, . of Chicago, and Geo. C. Williams, of Cincinnati, were wounded, Sonenfleld seriously, when a crowd attacked a transfer : wagon. Two , negroes on an Icq wagon - were peppered with" shbt, but not seriously hurt, when fired upon by men who es caped In an automobile. Operation of wagons today was about normal. v r .:. , . .. -V 11 1! 1 1 " 1 0 . ' ' ;r,;-f. . -.V- "A1I the leading, shades In. crepe de 6hin and crepe i meteor at C. H. Fore INQUIRIES & Co. ; ;'r ;: , v X advertisement.) j COL D. D. GALLARD RIED YESTERDAY Hero of Culebra Cut Division of Panama Canal. WORKED HIMSELF TO DEATH Devoted Twelve Hours a Day to the Cut Besides Having a Voice in All Matters Pertaining to Canal in General. . Baltimore, Dec. 5. Lieut.; Col. David DUBose Gaillard, U. S. A.; who direct ed the engineering work In the Cule-: bra cut division of the Panama Canal; died at Johns Hopkins Hospital today! Col. Gaillard had been a patient at the hospital since August 17th last, suffering from a growth In the; head. the result of "seven yearsr arduous: la bor In the Canal . zone. He failed steadily, and for the last two months had been in a state of coma, Physi clans decided that an operation was useless. He is survived "by his widow and son, Laeut. David P. Gaillard, United States army, Both were at the bed side when the end came. Lieut. CoL Gaillard was born at Winnsboro, S. C., in 1859. He gradu-; atea rrom west 'Point Military Acade my in 1884 and since, that time: had won many honors in the engineering service. A -Dill was introduced Into Congress last month" nromotine - him to the rank of Colonel in recognition of his . distinguished services, which culminated in the great" engineering reat in tne culebra section of the Panama canal. r.,:, Interment will take - place in the National Cemetery at Arlington on Monday afternoon. Col. Gaillard's ' death is the culmi nation of a breakdown incurred by long nours or work and exposure in the Canal Zone, where he pitted his skill as an engineer against the most difficult task in connection - with the canal's construction to master the landslides -and aulcksands r which ex tendfor ight Hmites aioitr -tfiiSlirie;of zFer'tB& greater period "6f; his . work on the : isthmus. Col. Gaillard was witndTft a chief assistant. He wanted to - save money. He gave hi s atten tion not-only .to the great engineer- mg?probiems. but to all the details of snovei work, train work and drainage. It., was computed that by his careful oversignt be nad saved the govern ment $17,000,000. " Men wno worked with nim said that he gave 12 hours of each day to the Culebra cut. In addition he had voice in , all matters pertaining to engineering work in the zone, to civil administration and to the general conduct of affairs. His health broke at the hour of his final triumph, when there was little left to be done but to remove the soft earth of the slide at Cucuracha. ONE DEAD; ONE HURT. n Wreck on Southern, Near Selma. , i.ate Yesterday. Raleigh, N. C. Dec. 5. One dead. one dangerously injured, two slightly hurt and seven freight cars demolish ed, were the result of a freight wreck this morning near Selma, "on the Southern Railway:- A broken rail was the cause. -- John ' Rhodes,- the fireman, was scalded to death;" and Conductor John Gates;- of Raleigh? badry Tmrfced,: ; its- : t Dk Knabe' DfficeGirl llells of Finding of Body. Identifies Klmona Found In Possession : of Undertaker as One Owned by ' Murdered Woman Had Been Washed.' - ;- Shelby viile, Ind., Dec. 5 Miss Kath erine - MePherson, office girl for Dr. HeleneKnabe, .for whose murder Dr. William1 B. Craig is on trial here, late today was placed on the witness stand by the, tate. tThe witness described the Aiming of "Dr. Knabe''s ii)6dy, the condition of the flat and her employ-er's- habits. A. - -,: : ') . ' t v: ; "; : ;. :" Miss McPherson .testified:; tnaf: she had seen f Dr. 'Craig; ih ; -.Dr. 'Knabe's apartments twice and , had , seen the former--bring' her employer home in his automobile severax times. , V The witness said that when 'he en tered the room in which Dr. Knabe had met death,' -the., window curtain was raised about a foot. 2 ' ' " ' Joseph Carr, on cross examination today, declared - that 'when he passed the house on the night of Dr.vKnabe's death,! he heard screams', but saw no light in any v of the rooms.. The State contends that the murderer had pull ed down Ithe curtain and was cutting Dr. JCnabe's throat when Carr passed. Later, it - is contended, - the slayer raised the curtain and turned on the electric lights. ;':.. Dr. Knabe's kimona which ; was found - in possession of an Indianapo lis undertaker, was identified by Miss McPherson. - She said the last time she had seen the garment it was a "pretty, navy blue with poppy flowers and .now it .looks like a ; faded, rag." : The i State contends that the . ear- ment was washed with chemicals to take , out ". blood stains, " after it had been carried vaway from Dk Knobe's TELLS OF MURDER office. TALKERS TO TALK UNTIL TALKED OUT Democrats Will! Not Preven Debate on Currency. t THIRTEEN HOUR SESSIONS . X :. Democrats -Declare' That. Republi cans Are Trying tf Delay Action on the Bill Two Hours' . Argument; : ...... ... s.4c-r;.i '.. - - ... Washingtonv Dec.' . Two hours ; off talk in the - Senate today again pre vented s a voteSa .thej. .Denmcratic res olution to- fbR; IS-hoir-a-day sessions on the currencgr bilJ. ; IkUM. n ; i Senator Ba-denied that there was any purpose to estrkit "debate or "exhaust the "Seaati," anil "Senator Williams repeated Ufat the -object of. the prograimmewas to make the "talk ers talk earln'talk late, ami talk con tinually until the talkers Tire talked out."; .-- . ,v - . . "We : will not .prevent "debate," he shouted to the-. Republicans. "You will get your stomachs lull of debate," "I believe there is a deliberate pur pose on the other sldeot the cham ber," "said ' Senator James "to delay this bill. -The business interests of the country are, held f up-"while a num- six. gcuviuiui vuay oiuq tcua. Senators Sutherland, Gallinger and Smoot vigorously, disclaimed any In tention to delav. -; VV Senator Weeks, "Republican, discuss ed the administration bill,-generally endorsing it. He had" signed the anti administration reporti ; "Jcan frankly and honestly say: to ?enatars that; in my judgment there.- is enough good in this legislation 1 however, auch . one may dissent fresh same of its- provi sions, to warrant . its being support ed," said he. n Senator Weeks declared that finan Cial depression-could not be-charged 10 aeiay-m currency legisiauon. 'M';.i'iW3i. CHARLESi E. COBB, OF ' EDGE CO M B E, f ARREST ED.?- AN O r PLACED UNDER BOND. (Special Star Correspondence.) Tarboro, N. C, Dec. 5. Charles B: Cobb, who, about aix months ago pass ed alleged worthless checks here to the amount of $799.20, and ' almost $300 of. the same kind of paper in Wil llamston, and then skipped from the State, was taken into custody" at his old " home Mildred, today by Deputy Sheriff Thomas. . He gave bond in the sum of $1,000 until his trial Monday, December 15th. Cobb . seemingly was a prosperous farmer of " the Mildred section, " and having lived . in th county all ; his life, had no trouble in coming to town and buying a , small . amount . ; of mer chandise, giving a large check there for, .and receiving the balance, in cash. . One local Arm cashed Jiis chick for "$300. ;. As soon as he had secured the 1 money r from ithe various - mer chants : he left suddenly and no trace was found rbf him ' until Thursday: when., it was learned : that he - had- re turned home. -- . . r- .'Cobb: who is fwell -connected in this county, stated oroon beiner: arrested that he c had -expected ta. make " the Checks good, ubut samainir he was, -un able to do so, thought it was wiser to leave,-and that he bad been in Geor gia and .South,.. : Carolina., since the trouble ; started. : : It is likely that his relatives will raise .the amount neces sary to take care of the "no good" checks. . - Princeton. N. J.. ' Dec. 5.- Harold Ray Ballin, right tackle, was unani mously; chosen captain of Princeton's next year's eleven . today. Ballin is a junior, lives in New York City, and is one of the youngest captains Prince-, ton ever had. - OUTLINES ; .There will be Jio ; general ; strike in ndianapolis. A.vote taken yesterday was unanimously, against iL.jFour non union., men were -shot in a, riot when a crowd attacked Af dray wagon. ' ' ijongress spent tine day- yesterday discussing, the .omnibus claims 'hill which relates . , to .' something?; over- a million oollars of Southern war claims. - - - ' : ; Final hearing of the suffragettes before -the .Rules Committees of Con- gress. was a series of speeches against and denunciation i of ' facts laid down by the antis the preceding day. -The association has adjourned. J t Inquiries are being made byr other Nations as to , how-long the present conditions will continue in Mexico. In stead of entering Chihuahua as plan- nedi the Constitutionalists have turn ed back in an attempt to head off the Federals from the American line. Over 50 lives have been lost' in5-the Texas floods and. property damage will amount to four or nve minion dollars. Lieut. Colonel : David DuBose Gail- ard. who directed the engineering work in the Culebra-cut division of the Panama canal, died late yesterday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. f : New York markets: spot cotton quiet; middling uplands , 13.50; gulf 13.75. -Money on all, strong. 2 ; 1-3 to 6 l-2per cent,: ruling rate 6 per cent.:- closing ; 2 1-2 -to -3 34. . -Wheat firm No. 2 red 1 00 to 161 ;.Noil Northern 1 Duluth 98 -C5orn firm 85.;-Flour , dull, .Rosin quiet. Turpentine firm, FLOODS TAKE TOLL IN Over Half Hundred Lives Are Don to Property Fears Felt for Many Planters Who Remained in the Bottoms to Construct Rafts for Their Cattle Water 5 to 25 Feet Deep. Bryan, Texas, Dec. 5. A death list of more than 50 with scores of flood refugees spending tonight in imminent peril, and possibly a thousand-others marooned and suffering from hunger and cold, was indicated by tonight's reports from the flooded Brazos river bottom in this section of South Cen tral Texas. For , over 50 miles- the Brazos was three ,to five miles wide and;. running with mill race speed, r- The- known dead in Texas floods numbered 33 before reports from the Inundated territory In this district be gan coming in late; today, brought by men .on horseback, which is about- the only reliable means of communication. These couriers reports indicated at least 20 more lives , lost. About two- thirds of the drowned were negroes. The riders' reports indicated that ihe property loss would total $.4,000,- 000 or $5,000,000. when .the damage along the Brazos is added to that in other portions of the State. Henry Martin. .. vice president and general manager of the International & Great Northern Railway, was drown ed . at Valley Junction near here late today while attempting to rescue ma- b-ooned flood victims. : Mr. Martin went to valley Junction to personally direct the road's relief forces and was attempting to navi gate a boat alone when the frail craft was upset. His body has not been re- Six members of the Galveston life saving crew and a train . load of motor boats- from Houston, which were - to have come to. Bryan were "stopped by hiah water at Navasto. The boats launched at that point, shortly before dark, and tonight, started up stream over the . flooded - bottoms to - rescue persons reported clinging to trees, and house tops. ' ; ' . Train Load of Provisions. , v a. f rain . Inml rt trwlaions With drv to Kosareck, a town on the edgeim the bottoms whferej.oo?erugee8' were unloaded. Throughout '-the --bottoms, even -where the water did not endan- DISCUSS! OMNIBUS Congress Spends Day Debating Much j Fought Over Bill . Regarding o ! . Southern Claims. .. Washington, Dec. 5. The House spent most of. today discussing the Southern Omnibus Claims bill, carry ing a total of 51,729,000 for claims growing out. of damage to persons Or property during the Civil War. A filir buster led by Representative Mann, of Illinois, the Republican leader; pre venter action on the bill, which, how ever, probably will eome up again next Friday. Democratic Leader Underwood took personal Ucharge of v'tfie fight for the Davmenttof .the-l'claimsj- and served, notice on the ; Republicans that when Viq -rtrtwiniii-i7- nfforari fha hill Wnll 1 fi be passealby th House.fiegardfess of dilatory tactics tit any.other j opposi tion from the minority. :" . ...'-.. - -. The biU carries $i,ii,uuu tor moi- ' -m . m .' J 1 1 viauai claims xor stores ana rsuppnes, fiflft : fm" nlaints i on atfrhunt of damage to churches, tsollegesand oth er buildings. aaasaxDoo rormiscei- Jaheous claims, ail in accordance with the findings of the court of -claims. RIVE RS AND HARBORS t Cl Will, Met in 1915 in San Francisco at the Fair, .. -W-' Washington. Dec. 5, The tenth an nual Rivers and Harbors Congress ad- ourned today after re-electing Sena tor Ransdell, of Louisiana, president; ami oassing resolutions endorsing an nual Federal appropriations for. river and harbor : improvement, ana a jn a- tional policy for waterways. ' ; ; The new board of directors recom mended that the 1915 meeting be held in San Francisco on account of the Panama Exposition' there. Next 'year's board, .'it was said,, doubtless would make this final. The congress '.agreed to meet here again next year, : Qir; The Congress, elected the loiiowing directors for . the ' South Atlantic seaboard:.-o'vTtJM' ' -.; -i - Waiter Clark. Raleigh. N. c; Joan C: Freeman. Richmond, Va. ; . Senator T. XJi Fletcher, . .Florldi; F -Horton Colcock, Columbia, w. Or; .uTt:;. Aiken Brunswickl -Ga;l:X Howell M.T- Miller, WJashington, Va.; S. P. Gilbert,' Co lumbus. Ga. : . and A. ' WV McKeand, Charleston,-S. 'C. J. f ... . '.j ..'..-,;; - -BRIDGE - BONDg 0;p' ssue of J$0,o6o3 by Beaufort Cbuhty .-. uisposea or. ' (Special Star Correspondence.) ." , Washington, N. C. Dec. 5.The board ; of. . county commissioners have accepted the bid of Messrs.?; .BQigery Mosser & Wliman, of Chicago, lor the $50,000 bridge bonds. They -give' a premium of $386.50 and pay all ex penses attached thereto. Other- bid ders were Veil Roth &-Co., Cincin nati; ; Parson's Son & ! Co., Chicago; First National Bank, city, and one or two others. v i-wv. -V .::.fi& Charlotte, N.- C, Dec. 5.-0. O. Car son. or canyon LJiiy. uoia; a mming engineer, visiting a brother here, was struck by Southern train No, 37' this morning, -as he was .crossing a' trestle on the edge Of the oity, falling abotit 40 feet to the ground and dying within la few minutes. - - , : - - - HEAVY SOUTHWEST Lost and Millions of Damage ger.life, it wiped out most of the sup plies. ; . - Tonight, eight miles from Bryan. Lee Cortmelia, an 'Italian, was heard calling for help from his' half -submerged cabin. This morning the cabin and its occupants had disappeared.' . .Fears are felt. for many planters in the bottoms, who have sent their wives and children to Bryan, but them selves remained behind, tearing down portions of their buildmgs to impro vise platforms for. their stock. -Mud viile, a hamlet near Valley Junction, was reported 'flooded to a depth of from five to 25 feet. No fa talities were reported there. . San Antonio today -reported its Arts flood -death. John :Gonshb, a farmer. tried to wade the-Leon river and was Tdrowned. At Highbank it was learn ea tnat six negroes lost their lives,' m stead . of two as formerly . reported when the rise struck there Wednes day night. -. . :: . . i -r - At Hearne, seven boats only were available all day to cover the miles of flooded Brazos. These boats rescued many. ' Tonight., it was reported-, one or two of those rescue boats had been swamped, but the fate of their occu pants was not known, v : . . Reports . from the Colorado, river were meagre. - Elsewhere, throughout Texas immediate danger seemed past. One drowning was reported tonight at uasirop, , m aouin l exas. , ' . Floods , in Kansas. ' Kansas City. Kas.. Dec; 5. Swollen streams resulted .from nearly 24 hours of rain have caused damage in sev eral regions of Missouri and Kansas Rain : continued to .'fall today. Wire communication Was demoralized today in Western Kansas where a . number of bridges were washed out. The death list tonight stood: Bryan , and -; vicinity, 'including Hearne, about 20. ,. Belton, 5. Brown wood, 1. Dallas; 3. - V v Grand Prairie, 1. - High Bank, 6. (Negroes.) a Anotn! - 3 .-.V-' y . 5.w ; ran - Antonio Bastrop. -1. Valley.' Junction, 1? HEHRY PAGE FILES PROTEST .: ni pal- -t.t'. "-.i- iiS Againet Appointment) of -W.. C. Han ; mer Seawelt Dockery, Holtoh l" -'"?' i 'and ?Logan"Dut' DecST'T v (Special Star Telegram.) Washington, D. C, Dec. 5. Attor ney General McReynolds sent for Sen at or Overman today and told him that a protest had been entered against the appointment of W. C. Hammer as dis trict attorney. The protest was filed by Henry A. Page, of Moore county. XL IB UUUCt OUWU WO VY CLJ o OUU UKUUO . employed by Hammer in his effort to defeat the confirmation of E. L. Au- man as ? postmaster; fet- i4shebbK?Sn that HamniSr was ncm'betenf. con'sti-. tuted .itheaibrit fox i t$8r, Charges ; in that - the personal ; charactei:. of Ham mer .was attacked by the iMcbre coun LXA - C& O ICbbClt AO UwW Wav V WE ty man. If President,,, Wilson ..approves, tha pian ois Attorney general .aictteynpias, Messrs., Seawelf, 3ockery, Bolton: and Logan wUl". ibe removed itfpnx office about December lSth. It is almost certain,? however, that aielay.of the confirmation of their successors will be brought about by -Republican. Sen- atorsx ; It; is understood that they will try to prevent tne connrmauon hoi an Democrats to fill vacancies; caused by removal for political reasons without the filing of charges., " Representative Dorsey Shackelford, chairman of the House Committee on Good Roads, has asked Governor Craig to appear before his committee next week and give his ideas and :plans for the construction of better roads. Two other good roads Governors have been invited, Major, of Missouri, and Hodges, of Kansas. Mr. Shackleford told The Star corre spondent today that he hoped Gover nor Craig would attend but if impos sible, he wanted the liovernor to sena a representative. . . . '.-,; - v r-'- ' :;' ; . P. R. A. , M-' LEAN -AND- FOWLERl'3'1 8U R REN DE Rj T EM5E1.VE8 Indicted Men!Glve YhemVelves Up to w i District Attorney. , ".r .. ; " New - YorW Oeo; 5-rthiir- AMC Lean, and- Everett Fowler,' i indicted, yesterday for receiving1 and soiicitmg, resnectivelv. campaign contributions from corporations, surrendered at Athe district attorneys office toaay. . ; Mp.Tan - has been treasurer of the Democratic State committee fdr years. Fowler has been called tne Tammany bag man. - sk - After - pleading hot guilty, McLean furnished 2,50O bail. ' Fowler also pleaded not guilty and was released Jrithout bail, as ne is aireaay nnaer S.000 bond -to appear for trial on "a previous indictment charghig him with extortion.: ' - . A.-. , District Attorney Whitman was un able today to complete his case against Thomas Hassett, former secretary, of tate Engineer Bensei, wno is accused y Madison RAldrieh; a Poughkeepsie contractor, of obtaining f rjom him a bribe of $1,500 for expediting payment on a road contract. . - . ; ' ... It was learned that, evidence given bv witnesses today, had so broadened the case .that tf .would be necessary to call : more witnesses. ; - The grand jury . accordmgly- adjourned- until next Wednesday. -.,.' -j y Dr. Cannon Speaks to Point of Personal Privilege. - ABOUT SOUTHERN ASSEMBLY North Carolina . Has Busy Day Ad V dress by Bishop McCoy a Feature.; 1 State vs. Church Schools,, ,-, By Dr. Anderson. : (By;tMamie: Bays.X Oxford, N. C.. Dec . 5 . The speak er at the anniversary of the , North Carolina Methodist .Conference Board : of Education this, evening ; was .Revv Stonewall Anderson; ecretaryof the - Board , of. Education pf the : Methodist ; Kplscopal Church,' Sputh.; He, ; spoke - in the interest Of Christian education emphasizing the : fact hat, true educar 'j tion cannot; exist without-religion. . , " 'Heahdwed that it is the duty pf the 4 church and not the duty of the State ' to furnish Christian education, and said the church and the Christian " -home mus.t offset the secularizing in v fluence of schools which are not dis tinctly Christian. He called attention ' to the fact that he is a patron of the public school and has no attack ; to maite against the public school system v or against any school conducted under the - direction of the . State, but , that , the church must.be more active in its , work of giving to students education V that is distinctly Christian. He gave '- . statistics showing the remarkable in crease in educational activity during , iae past. sy years., i . ( ; . 1 i - ; Bisnop Mcvoy speaks. : The r address of . Bishop -James, H i McCoy to the class of five undergradu- ' ates ' who were received, into fufl con nection in the North Carolina Conf err v ence,- was one of the 'outstanding fea-' tures of the session today. He began with- the statement that t the ipolity of Southern Methodism continues and succeeds it will be due to the loyalty-1 ot me preacners ana , tne laymen to tne same.: t sxe unetk: aaviBed the1 young men be v, fore -him: not talbecin thAir-. itinerant - Lfnuay questionmg'tne. aantramiity oi has stood in the past and. for what it . ; " stands today and. to : accept whatever ' , - .:--' appointments are givren. them and go": ' .1 .. v to them and do their best to succeed r in the work of the ministry, and never ;"! ; & , taKe up tne laea tnat tney are oeing . , discriminated against:' He then urged -4 them to be successful bastora'Becial-' ' ly, ' and . said that, three oni tol four .c of alii the laymen who cbme. .rfd talk . ; with him ' about' the', men whpm they' ?.;'?. want4 as- pastors- emphasize.' tW. bas-' ' v toral gift especially, and . selAom say H much about wanting, great preachers. ie reierrea to tne subject .01 smau salaries which young- preachers often receive, and said he would , never get . done thanking . God that he received only $500 on his first appointment and i that he served hard mission charges ' first and that it was several years be- ,- tore he received as much as $1,000 sal- . ary. Speaking further of the work or the pastor, he advised : the K young . ' preachers never, to engage in. gossip and never to loaf in the offices of . busy ":. men, 'because men . who work .three v hundred dayB. out of, , the year . expect 4 , . . oA'the ioh all the,' tltnd. ''"Ha urged.' wf their peopleYMrear, pastoral visits', 'it:: ; ne urgea mem itiay iuu growing piea:. and said the onlV'Olead liheM r for "" v s preachers, is. the '4edA;llae they make for themselves.1 aad that itifl cruel -to , -v r- : crowds out men pt, extieriehce to make , t , line'V pretext., ' :C:-; T , ;; , 'u , H ns aiu uitsu wuu. uu uui biu iuiu keep mentally active are often beyond the "dead line at ffl- years ,- of age - f and. . that some are born beyond that E: , lihe.3fThe( work5 of, the ministry, he;, said, is not merely, to. bring up collec-" tions and build churches, but that above all if is to lift hp the cross and preach Jesus Christ and His power, as a personal Savior: . innity Aiumni oanquei. . The banquet of the North Carolina. .: Conference Trinity, College Alumni Association was held this afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Exchange Hotel. The attendance was unusually large, and the dining' room was fcrowded to ; overflowing. The toastmaster was Col. ; Jno. F. Bruton, of Wilson. Among those who responded to toaits were ex-Governor Thos. J; Jarvis, Dr. James Cannon and President W, P. 'Few, - Marvin Culbreth, Dr. E. T. White, M. ' i To Rev. J.'M'.;TDaniei and those as-v,'; sociated with him, in the management ;, the association , Is indebted for the excellent arrangements and for a most" . . successful and enjoyable occasion. '.-; The 5 officers ' elected . for . the coming year were President," W: V. McRae; . ice nresiaentc.. l.. -Keaae. . .. r The Diy't ProCeedihas. 3 ?-'; ' i The Conference: Cbnvenea at 9:30 o'clock with .Bishop 'James zH. McCoy in tne cnair. xne opening, aeyouonai ; . service was ' conducted" by Rev. W. F. ' McMurrav. D. D.. secretary . of the board of church extension of the. Meth- . -odist .Episcopal Church, "Southi The ? minutes . of the session Of Thursday ". - were Tead, corrected"- and 1 approved. - V . Bishop McCoy resumed tne can or Minute Ouestlon 21. "Are - all the-" .-. preachers blameless In their life and ; omciai administration r Answering his question the characters of D. A. Watklns, of the Rockingham district, ' and J. Y. Old,. of the Elizabeth City district were passed and upon recom- mendation of their, presiding elders, ' -r-their names were', referred to the -''-;' committee on conference relations for v .y 'Z&h the. superannuate relation Received Into Full connection. . - J '.Tlio Ardor nt thtu dav ffif 1ft o'clock .was. the reception of the ciass of un- ; dergraduates into tuii connection ; in the. Conference. , , The. names of the. members of the class were: called by ' the secretary of the Conference, and jg the class came before the chancel of the chyrch. After the address ; oy - N , w - l: a :t:- -: s- ; y Ik:' : ' J '-Y . )
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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